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[–] daskapitalist 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
You're correct that they don't have to let you speak. The dilemma lies in creating an echo chamber by "uninviting" anyone who doesn't want to toe the ideological line that is popular at that university.
Part of the value of higher education is being exposed to alternative viewpoints and having one's ideas challenged, which isn't likely to happen if the university decides only one viewpoint is permitted.
[–] KhuanZi ago
There is a problem with creating an echo chamber. Who speaks at a commencement is beside that point though. It's less than an hour, for the speaker, out of thousands of hours of school. If they made it against the rules to teach these people's books it would be a different issue. As it is they're just whining because people don't want them to talk at their school.
[–] One_Wing_Angel 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It is the symptom of a totalitarian impulse, manifested in many other and various ways.